Fiction

Adventure novels have a specific structure, commonly called the hero’s journey, or the hero’s adventure. The hero’s journey structure can be used not only in adventure stories, but in romance, science fiction and other genres as well. We have presented the journey and its stages below. The stages of the hero’s journey are open to interpretation by the writer – and it is the … [Read more...] about How to Structure an Adventure Novel

A villain is the wicked, bad guy and can appear in any story, regardless of genre. Often, a villain can wear the face of the antagonist in the story – and in the best stories, the villain and the antagonist have been melded together to create an antagonist that is difficult to defeat. However, while the villain is always an antagonist, an antagonist is someone who opposes the … [Read more...] about 5 Tips for Creating Believable Villains

Writing about cultures that you are not familiar with might seem like breaking the “rule” of writing what you know. However, upon taking a closer look at writing stories in general, you will realize that writers often write about experiences that are not familiar to them. It’s all about the writer’s ability to enter the shoes of their characters as much as they can and present … [Read more...] about 5 Reasons to Write a Fiction Story about a Culture Unfamiliar to You

Post-apocalyptic fiction demands a lot of different elements, or tropes, that need to be addressed, or present in the book in order to make it believable. Post-apocalyptic fiction goes together with apocalyptic fiction, because the post-apocalyptic world wouldn’t exist unless the actual apocalypse happened. Moreover, the apocalypse, the types of which we’ve presented below, … [Read more...] about How to Write a Post-Apocalyptic Fiction Novel

There are many aspects and elements of a great novel. One of them is plot – nothing is more thrilling than a tightly woven story, filled with ups, downs, turns and red herrings finished with a magnificent payoff. But a great plot will feel empty if the characters are intangible, two dimensional and unfeeling. The one thing that makes the characters of a novel tangible for the … [Read more...] about How to Give Your Protagonists Emotions That Readers Can Truly Relate To